The 388 Journey

  I write this final entry at the end of my finals week. Looking back at my time in this class, I recognize that this, itself, has been a journey, and wanted to point out some of the structural points.

I refused a call early on, only to bash my head against that call until I finally understood it. My first post remarks on a distaste for Campbell’s examples and work, and that was a huge roadblock for me early on. It required me to leave presuppositions at the door, embrace the sometimes brutal forms of myth, and look for the deeply entwined, shared symbols still hiding all over the place.

The middle part of the journey began my focus on interplay. Emotions contributing to thought and reflecting contributing to productivity, taking contributing to giving. This would be my focus for the remainder of the semester. It kicked off with the shadow self and extended through the interior castle, eventually culminating in the interplay-centric innocuous boons.

I’m left at the end with a dizzying amount more perspective on journey. As someone who’s designed and written many fiction stories in my spare time, I’m shocked by how much was still left to embrace by looking at the source material—myth. I’ll be keeping my eyes out for the future.

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